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john boehner not taking it up, as dick durbin said. if you want tax certainty, you can pass that bill tomorrow and we will have it. >> again, lawrence, the interesting thing here is that democrats are now beginning to understand that framing this issue so the public understand it is 90% of winning the game. and the issue is not, do you extend the tax cuts for everybody or for some people. that's the way the republicans like to frame it. the real issue is do you extend the bush tax cuts for everyone up until the first $250,000 of their incomes? or do you extend the tax cuts for earnings above $250,000. in other words, what the democrats are proposing and the president is proposing is everybody, rich, middle class, everybody gets a tax cut, an extension of the bush tax cut, up until $250,000. >> up to $250,001, it will be the clinton tax rates. it's not that big a deal. why aren't republicans putting up a fuss? >> robert reich, we're one day closer to going off the cliff. thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. w
john boehner not taking it up, as dick durbin said. if you want tax certainty, you can pass that bill tomorrow and we will have it. >> again, lawrence, the interesting thing here is that democrats are now beginning to understand that framing this issue so the public understand it is 90% of winning the game. and the issue is not, do you extend the tax cuts for everybody or for some people. that's the way the republicans like to frame it. the real issue is do you extend the bush tax cuts...
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could you just feel is brewing inside john boehner. mitt romney ill list its a collective, from the public. >> the worst thing they said about fritz mondale, running against ron's father was he was palenta. for not the most exactly vegetable on the plate. >>he's got a republican gap. a gender gap. a latino gap. he's got an african-american gap. >> play with white guys. >> what's left, really? >> white guys. >> white guys over 65. >> human tapioca, chris. >> i love tapioca, don't say that. >> i know you're somewhere in the middle. >> i will ask you first. if you have what you have and you can't fake it, how do you sell being a 1 percenter? >> well this is the only thing i think he can do. if 63% of the people support him support him only if they don't like barack obama, all he can do is play on anti-incumbent ma lays. and really give people more reasons not to vote for barack obama. because there are not enough reasons to vote for mitt romney. that's all has left. >> even i am better than this guy. >> that's all he has left. >> that's r
could you just feel is brewing inside john boehner. mitt romney ill list its a collective, from the public. >> the worst thing they said about fritz mondale, running against ron's father was he was palenta. for not the most exactly vegetable on the plate. >>he's got a republican gap. a gender gap. a latino gap. he's got an african-american gap. >> play with white guys. >> what's left, really? >> white guys. >> white guys over 65. >> human tapioca,...
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the house has a boehner/cantor dynamic and they are not sure what to do. there's not a clear narrative voice coming from the republican party. >> another interesting component about the obama speech today, the presidency has become small in some ways, small compared to the first year in office. when they were talking with cap and trade and trying to save the economy and health care, and now they are talking about rifle shot pieces of legislation and his idea in the state of the union of having higher taxes on people making over a million dollars. that is not a transformative piece of legislation. looking like bill clinton. he ran into trouble and tried to find little pieces of legislation. >> that is strategy though, i want to echo your comments you are right. the president and administration are being more strategic of how they get through a republican driven congress that will not allow them affect change. that is smart quite frankly at the end of the day, strategy for the election year, if he does not seize this moment, it's a miss opportunity for this
the house has a boehner/cantor dynamic and they are not sure what to do. there's not a clear narrative voice coming from the republican party. >> another interesting component about the obama speech today, the presidency has become small in some ways, small compared to the first year in office. when they were talking with cap and trade and trying to save the economy and health care, and now they are talking about rifle shot pieces of legislation and his idea in the state of the union of...
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what did you hear from john boehner? he said he's willing to budge on revenue, not hike taxes, but is that enough. what are republicans willing to give here. >> the jury is still out. speaker boehner should put his r revenue plan on the table. i mean based on this republican theory that's been proven wrong by history that somehow by giving folks at the top of the income ladder a tax break, you'll create all this economic activity and it will pay for itself and not increase the deficit. we know that failed because what happened after we tried that last time was jobs went down and the deficit went up. so i think the speaker shoumd do what he says that he wants to do. put this out in public. the president has put his plan in public. it was a central part of the debate. saying that folks at the higher end should pay more to reduce our deficit because if we don't ask them to chip in more, it means everybody else gets hit harder. >> you heard what he said. we're not going to raise taxes on small business. and for republicans,
what did you hear from john boehner? he said he's willing to budge on revenue, not hike taxes, but is that enough. what are republicans willing to give here. >> the jury is still out. speaker boehner should put his r revenue plan on the table. i mean based on this republican theory that's been proven wrong by history that somehow by giving folks at the top of the income ladder a tax break, you'll create all this economic activity and it will pay for itself and not increase the deficit. we...
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john boehner had has to tread a very careful line. the rhetoric around this event is very much an effort to show, hey guys, i'm still with you. and he's speaking to the most radical elements of the house caucus. >> barbara boxer, i think framed this in an interesting way on the daily rundown this morning with chuck todd. let's listen to that. >> they're setting up a big fight, mcconnell and boehner over the future debt ceiling, making it a crisis, when it isn't a crisis. they want to create a crisis so people say oh my goodness. maybe if we change everything, things will be better. maybe we need a different president. richard wolffe, that's the best theory i've heard so far about why they might want to create the sensation of a crisis. >> yeah, it ties in with what karl rove is spending $25 million on right now, which is to say, you know, this president promised us a lot. he promised he could make the country work and make washington work, and we've worked really hard to make sure that doesn't happen. so it's his failure, right? you k
john boehner had has to tread a very careful line. the rhetoric around this event is very much an effort to show, hey guys, i'm still with you. and he's speaking to the most radical elements of the house caucus. >> barbara boxer, i think framed this in an interesting way on the daily rundown this morning with chuck todd. let's listen to that. >> they're setting up a big fight, mcconnell and boehner over the future debt ceiling, making it a crisis, when it isn't a crisis. they want...
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>> i like john boehner and mitch mcconnell. they have to come on your show sometimes. >> i'm asking you a very simple question, luke. are they fighting for the 2 and 3%? >> they are fighting for as what they would say small business job creators who they feel would folks bring in $300,000 could feel pain if this tax cut was to go forward. now, press for specifics about which companies would necessarily feel this pain, there have been a number of studies that have been done, the degree is not nearly to the scale of what we hear on capitol hill. all that being said though is that it's very effective talking point because you can say you're going to hurt job creators, especially small business ones. that is why folks like nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are trying to raise that up to 1 million dollars so the argument is is more clear cut. you can say we want to stop tax hikes, but the rewealthiest hav to pay. it's all talking point. >> but just to be clear, both chuck schumer and nancy pelosi have said they support entirely the pre
>> i like john boehner and mitch mcconnell. they have to come on your show sometimes. >> i'm asking you a very simple question, luke. are they fighting for the 2 and 3%? >> they are fighting for as what they would say small business job creators who they feel would folks bring in $300,000 could feel pain if this tax cut was to go forward. now, press for specifics about which companies would necessarily feel this pain, there have been a number of studies that have been done,...
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john boehner, speaker of the house, he's on the floor of the convention at the podium. they're about to begin this procedure. it's obviously cooked in the numbers. he's won most of the primary. he's won overwhelmingly the majority of the delegate we're going to see the formality tapes i believe right now. >> the call of the roll of the states. alabama. 50 votes. >> madam secretary. i'm proud to lead the alabama delegation. alabama is on the moon. three national football championships in the last three years. -- transportation technology -- but madam secretary, we need a job-builder who will slash a $16 trillion debt. alabama unanimously cast our votes for the only person who can do that. the next president of the united states, mitt romney! >> alabama. 50, romney. >> well, that's of course the beginning of the roll call. it's going to take 1144 votes to win the nomination, to lock it up. as we get near the conclusion you're going to see it on msnbc. let's talk about this dishonest ad. you're the reporter with "the washington post." we've worked so long together. your pa
john boehner, speaker of the house, he's on the floor of the convention at the podium. they're about to begin this procedure. it's obviously cooked in the numbers. he's won most of the primary. he's won overwhelmingly the majority of the delegate we're going to see the formality tapes i believe right now. >> the call of the roll of the states. alabama. 50 votes. >> madam secretary. i'm proud to lead the alabama delegation. alabama is on the moon. three national football...
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you have to give boehner credit. he said new revenue. >> the president goes to sleep tonight he's thinking, i won. must be tremendous relief on his part. then he's thinking down the road, because he is thinking of the future, he's going wait a minute, i got two big risks. one i can't defend my philosophy which my base will hate and i will hate myself for it. michelle will hate me for it. and we need more money to do more things. the other fear is i'm going off the fiscal cliff, meaning i tried so hard to get my way that we screwed it up with the republicans like we did last august and nothing gets done and the economy tanks again for a second recession and i'm going down in history as a double failure. >> he can't let that happen. >> at some point he has to pull back from the paul krugmans of the world and the people on the far left, not far left but left, and say i'm president, you're a columnist. >> right. he has -- he's going to get a lot of flack from both his own left flank and the right. he has to accept that.
you have to give boehner credit. he said new revenue. >> the president goes to sleep tonight he's thinking, i won. must be tremendous relief on his part. then he's thinking down the road, because he is thinking of the future, he's going wait a minute, i got two big risks. one i can't defend my philosophy which my base will hate and i will hate myself for it. michelle will hate me for it. and we need more money to do more things. the other fear is i'm going off the fiscal cliff, meaning i...
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howard, how happy is john boehner tonight? >> oh, i don't think he can be happy at all, because any number of polls show that the american people don't think that the budget deal, the debt ceiling deal, was helpful. in its specifics or in general with the economy. and i think there's widespread feeling in the country and around the world that the spectacle we just went through is a contributor to what we're seeing now on wall street. the chinese news agency -- i think the china news agency said something about mad cap follies of brinksmanship, which is a pretty good headline. and the ambassador of the european country that i talked to the other day just shook his head and said he couldn't believe that this great country was behaving the way it was. so that's where we are in this country and in the world right now. >> robert, can the president and the democrats use this stock market as a teachable moment about economic cause and effect? >> well, it's too risky, i think, lawrence, to use one day's stock market fall to center a c
howard, how happy is john boehner tonight? >> oh, i don't think he can be happy at all, because any number of polls show that the american people don't think that the budget deal, the debt ceiling deal, was helpful. in its specifics or in general with the economy. and i think there's widespread feeling in the country and around the world that the spectacle we just went through is a contributor to what we're seeing now on wall street. the chinese news agency -- i think the china news...
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what john boehner can't lead because his follows won't let him lead. obama wants hepeople to help hi get things passed, then complain about what he says. there's a very specific reason why that happens. i agree with your assessment that the leaders are attempt tog lead. the followers don't know where they're being taken and as a result, they don't want to follow. the reason that happens, whether it is in a small environment, in a corporate environment, a military environment, if you're on a boat cross iing the ocean,f there is not a singular prison m through which the leader is running his agenda or her agenda and if the followers do not know what this is, and right now, what we get from these different political leaders is a prison m of self-preservation. i am going to act in a way that allows me to retain my job as opposed to i am here to lead this country to a culture of investment and prosperity through these mechanisms and i want to debate you on it. it's the lack of courage by the leaders, martin, to define the pris m. >> you're talking about a k
what john boehner can't lead because his follows won't let him lead. obama wants hepeople to help hi get things passed, then complain about what he says. there's a very specific reason why that happens. i agree with your assessment that the leaders are attempt tog lead. the followers don't know where they're being taken and as a result, they don't want to follow. the reason that happens, whether it is in a small environment, in a corporate environment, a military environment, if you're on a...
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boehner and mr. mcconnell, those are the two most powerful republicans in government. they can either kill this jobs bill or they can help pass this jobs bill. and i know these men care about their states. they care about businesses. they care about workers here. i can't imagine that the speaker wants to represent a state where nearly one in four bridges are classified as substandard. >> and this was only a few days after the president called out the speaker for political gamesmanship. >> so the speaker says, we can't have it, my way or the highway, then basically says, my way. or the highway. that's not smart. it's not right. if we're going to meet our responsibilities, we have to do it together. >> and just last night, the president hit back again. directly at the republican accusation that he is engaging in class warfare. this is what he said at a dinner hosted by the congressional black caucus. >> if asking a billionaire to pay the same tax rate as a janitor makes me a warrior for the working class, i wear that with a badge of honor. >> and the president was fired
boehner and mr. mcconnell, those are the two most powerful republicans in government. they can either kill this jobs bill or they can help pass this jobs bill. and i know these men care about their states. they care about businesses. they care about workers here. i can't imagine that the speaker wants to represent a state where nearly one in four bridges are classified as substandard. >> and this was only a few days after the president called out the speaker for political gamesmanship....
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. >> we heard from everybody over the weekend and super peeker boehner about the fact that this was a tax. take a listen. >> this has to be ripped out by its roots. this is government taking over the entire health insurance industry. the american pple do not want to go down this path. >> as we hear the republican leadership saying they have a problem with the affordable health care act, what is the right going to do now that the romney campaign and mitt romney himself are at odds over how they want to move forward with this message and do not feel that this is a tax. they think it's a penalty like what was instituted in massachusetts. >> i think what they are going to do is tear their hair out. when you look at the reality of what happened today, he has under cut what is shaping up to be a potentially significant attack line. not valid, but significant. it kind of speaks to the bigger problem with the romney campaign. of all the people in the world that can criticize president obama and democrats over health care reform, the last person in the world that can do that is mitt romney. he
. >> we heard from everybody over the weekend and super peeker boehner about the fact that this was a tax. take a listen. >> this has to be ripped out by its roots. this is government taking over the entire health insurance industry. the american pple do not want to go down this path. >> as we hear the republican leadership saying they have a problem with the affordable health care act, what is the right going to do now that the romney campaign and mitt romney himself are at...
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boehner said he and cantor haven't had a single disagreement in the past year. that's putting it lightly. boehner's speaking for the crazies. lord of the carry-on. sovereign of the security line. you never take an upgrade for granted. and you rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i deserve this. [ male announcer ] you do, business pro. you do. go national. go like a pro. >>> welcome back to "hardball." the criticism of mitt romney for his incredible gaffe about poor people continued today. conservative media figures have piled on the front runner for the statement he made in a cnn interview yesterday morning. let's watch them go at him. >> i'm in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repaired, i'll fix it. i'm not concerned about the very rich. they are fine. i'm concerned about the heart of america. the 95% who are struggling. we'll hear from the democrat pa
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a lot going on today including house speaker john boehner again accusing president obama for devaluing his office with tactics. they cl nerdr whet e gstoth tisen t psintel ke isgrat tbe heh evi t gne bit later in the show. first, let's get to the news. live at 5:30 a.m. here at "30 rock" in new york city. former president, bill clinton is back out on the campaign trail and really emerging as one of the president obama's strongest advocates heading into the general election. appearing at a fundraiser with the president last night, clinton slammed mitt romney's economic outlook as a throw back to the failed policies of the past. without mentioning romney by name, clinton railed against a republican opponent who, quote, basically wants to do what they did before on steroids which will get you the same consequencesou got before on steroids. thjotparcewashe fitftheuraerth ede omandrede inn lleainoghe ttg adethtt onhe8at donors while the former president helps fine tune the party message. it's a relationship put on display last week when clinton was featured in a campaign web video taughting
a lot going on today including house speaker john boehner again accusing president obama for devaluing his office with tactics. they cl nerdr whet e gstoth tisen t psintel ke isgrat tbe heh evi t gne bit later in the show. first, let's get to the news. live at 5:30 a.m. here at "30 rock" in new york city. former president, bill clinton is back out on the campaign trail and really emerging as one of the president obama's strongest advocates heading into the general election. appearing...
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how does boehner pay for it? he cuts women's preventive health. it's unbelievable. >> you serve on foreign relations and there's been quite a discussion as of late. i want your reaction to the criticism that the republican attacks that they're putting on president obama on national security. >> listen. president obama made the key decision to go after the man who was the master mind of 9/11. i was there and i voted to go after him. i voted no to go into iraq. i voted yes to go after bin laden. let me just say, if george bush had done that, he would have put on that aviator suit, he would have put up six banners and he would have flown across the country. our president just telling the truth. joe biden is telling the truth. hillary clinton when they talked about that moment that president barack obama had all the chips on the line and he said we're going to go after the man who attacked us on our soil. >> you don't think the president in any way shape or form is politicizing this and the republican criticism is out of bounds? >> i hope he reminds p
how does boehner pay for it? he cuts women's preventive health. it's unbelievable. >> you serve on foreign relations and there's been quite a discussion as of late. i want your reaction to the criticism that the republican attacks that they're putting on president obama on national security. >> listen. president obama made the key decision to go after the man who was the master mind of 9/11. i was there and i voted to go after him. i voted no to go into iraq. i voted yes to go after...
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the decision has already provoked widespread scorn among republicans from house speaker john boehner's office this. president obama is about to destroy tens of thousands of american jobs and sell american energy security to the chinese. the president won't stand up to his political base even to create american jobs. this is not the end of this fight." from republican senator dick lugar, the president opposing pipeline construction is not in the best interests of the united states. but there are some applauding the move. the sierra club has come forward to say we are very pleased that the president has listened to people that are very concerned about clean air and clean water. the keystone pipeline was a signature part of last month's compromise agreement between the white house and the gop-led congress to extend a payroll tax extension for two months. now, the white house says that two months is not nearly enough time for the environmental studies to be completed. and one should note that many of the states that this pipeline was set to crisscross were against it, including the reddest
the decision has already provoked widespread scorn among republicans from house speaker john boehner's office this. president obama is about to destroy tens of thousands of american jobs and sell american energy security to the chinese. the president won't stand up to his political base even to create american jobs. this is not the end of this fight." from republican senator dick lugar, the president opposing pipeline construction is not in the best interests of the united states. but...
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. >> john boehner is giving his opinion on tomorrow night's state of the union. tonight, i'll give mine. jonathan alter is here to preview the big speech. >>> good to have you with us. folks, don't you get the feeling washington is just thunderstruck that newt gingrich is where he is right now? mitt romney wants to stop gingrich's momentum but florida will be a little trickier state to put an end to the surge from the guy from georgia. there are three voting blocs in the sunshine state if you want to break it down. first the panhandle and northern part of florida. a large population of evangelical christian voters up there. newt gingrich and rick santorum looking pretty good in that part of the state we're told. then there is the central part of the state, which is the home of actually a lot of people that aren't from florida, trans plants that live down there. i spoke with alan grayson today, friend of mine, former congressman, he said 85% of the people in his district, in the middle of the state are from out of state, grayson thinks that region is probably goin
. >> john boehner is giving his opinion on tomorrow night's state of the union. tonight, i'll give mine. jonathan alter is here to preview the big speech. >>> good to have you with us. folks, don't you get the feeling washington is just thunderstruck that newt gingrich is where he is right now? mitt romney wants to stop gingrich's momentum but florida will be a little trickier state to put an end to the surge from the guy from georgia. there are three voting blocs in the sunshine...
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john boehner on the "today" show yesterday took tax cuts off the table. says there's no way that any agreement is going to include any sort of tax hike, i should say, especially those bush tax cuts in 2001. remember back in december the president agreeing to extend those for another two years. what is on the table, the republican plan that passed the house on medicare, critics call it privatization of medicare where seniors would go and buy vouchers to buy private insurance. republicans, as you know, took a beating in some cases over course of the two-week spring break around easter from a lot of seniors in their districts. so for a time it appeared that republicans were going to soon concede that was off the table. now that's back on the table. now the treasury secretary extended this deadline saying that even though the debt ceiling is going to be met in mid may, they can move around accounts and do things here and there and extend the full faith of americans, keep paying the bills until august. >> mike, specifically, is there any anyone on the democrat
john boehner on the "today" show yesterday took tax cuts off the table. says there's no way that any agreement is going to include any sort of tax hike, i should say, especially those bush tax cuts in 2001. remember back in december the president agreeing to extend those for another two years. what is on the table, the republican plan that passed the house on medicare, critics call it privatization of medicare where seniors would go and buy vouchers to buy private insurance....
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where is boehner? >> maybe he wants to keep distance. this is a little bit of red meat for the base but he's not officially saying it himself. but we have seen the story on the domestic front a lot, like if obama is for it, we're against it, and we're going to work backwards and find what principle justifies our opposition to this. >> let's go back to the world of common sense. americans are incredibly rational, except maybe some tea party people and far left. most people are rational. they see putin, look him in the face, and say this guy is not a good guy. he's got thumb screws in the basement somewhere. you don't know what he's doing with the kgb. what's left of it. of course we're having a problem with him. he's for syria, we're not. he doesn't want to help us with iran. we're at a war with iran. -- we're trying to avoid war with iran. name an issue. he's got snowden with a visa. of course we're a little ticked at him. what's new? we should be ticked with him. >> to go ahead with this summit after the snowden episode, they would have
where is boehner? >> maybe he wants to keep distance. this is a little bit of red meat for the base but he's not officially saying it himself. but we have seen the story on the domestic front a lot, like if obama is for it, we're against it, and we're going to work backwards and find what principle justifies our opposition to this. >> let's go back to the world of common sense. americans are incredibly rational, except maybe some tea party people and far left. most people are...
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republicans maintained solid majority in the next hour we're expecting to hear of house speaker john boehner. right now, joining me, national syndicated talk show host michael smirconish and joe frolic for "the cleveland plain dealer." thank you all for joining. michael, when's the reaction you're hearing from people you talk to all day on the radio? >> nerds rule. >> we know that from high school. >> well, when all is said and done, though, the data trumped the emotion. there was a huge debate that broke out in the last couple of days. how could nate silver and the poll-driven individuals believe there's a 90% chance that the president would rwin re-electio? the race was called by nbc in the 11:00 hour. that's a stunning development. >> i believe one of our colleagues sweeted it took the president 12 minutes longer to win this time around. >> right. >> in pennsylvania, it was 52-47 for the president. michael, and what's to the very end that romney's team at least said out loud, whether they believed it actually inside or behind the scenes, they believed they had a play in pennsylvania. >> i
republicans maintained solid majority in the next hour we're expecting to hear of house speaker john boehner. right now, joining me, national syndicated talk show host michael smirconish and joe frolic for "the cleveland plain dealer." thank you all for joining. michael, when's the reaction you're hearing from people you talk to all day on the radio? >> nerds rule. >> we know that from high school. >> well, when all is said and done, though, the data trumped the...
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boehner said he and cantor haven't had a single disagreement in the past year. cantor is often seen as the voice of the tea party people that can make compromise difficult for boehner. >>> welcome back to "hardball." the criticism of mitt romney for his incredible gaffe about poor people continued today. conservative media figures have piled on the front runner for the statement he made in a cnn interview yesterday morning. let's watch them go at him. >> i'm in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repaired, i'll fix it. i'm not concerned about the very rich. they are doing just fine. i'm concerned about the heart of america. the 90%, 95% of americans who are struggling. we'll hear from the democrat party the plight of the poor. there's no question, it's not good being poor. we have a safety net to help those who are very poor. but my campaign is focused on middle-income americans. >> wow. there's so many fragments of crazy innocence that statement. the national review, the "wall
boehner said he and cantor haven't had a single disagreement in the past year. cantor is often seen as the voice of the tea party people that can make compromise difficult for boehner. >>> welcome back to "hardball." the criticism of mitt romney for his incredible gaffe about poor people continued today. conservative media figures have piled on the front runner for the statement he made in a cnn interview yesterday morning. let's watch them go at him. >> i'm in this...
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. >> boehner and cantor won't compromise, but a new poll shows 85% of americans want republicans to compromise with democrats. but this my way or the highway attitude has now taken over the republican race for president. we are also seeing them take a hard right run to the extreme. we see it on the issue of abortion and a personhood pledge that says abortion is no longer okay in cases of rape and incest. we see it on the issue of immigration where the dream act is treated as an insult, and we see it on entitlements where they want to obliterate reform and change them totally. but on the other side of the fence is the president of the united states, barack obama, fighting to get something done while republicans stay further and further away from the mainstream. joining me now, joe madison, host of "mornings with madison" on sirius xm radio and msnbc analyst richard wolffe, author of "revival, the struggle for survival inside the obama white house." thank you both for being here tonight. >> thanks, reverend. >> richard, how out of step are these republicans with what americans want? >> well, out
. >> boehner and cantor won't compromise, but a new poll shows 85% of americans want republicans to compromise with democrats. but this my way or the highway attitude has now taken over the republican race for president. we are also seeing them take a hard right run to the extreme. we see it on the issue of abortion and a personhood pledge that says abortion is no longer okay in cases of rape and incest. we see it on the issue of immigration where the dream act is treated as an insult,...
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john boehner liked it so much that he is ready to do it all over again. >>> plus, george w. bush finally comes out to support romney. but wait until you hear how he did it. >>> president obama swings by the view for a little pop culture quiz. >> what is the controversial sex book that is on millions of women's bedside tables. >> he doesn't know. >> i don't know that. >> good. >> okay, next. >> i'll ask michelle when i get home. >> you're watching politician nation on msnbc. [ female announcer ] want to spend less and retire with more? then don't get nickle and dimed by high cost investments and annoying account fees. at e-trade, our free easy-to-use online tools and experienced retirement specialists can help you build a personalized plan. and with our no annual fee iras and a wide range of low cost investments, you can execute the plan you want at a low cost. so meet with us, or go to etrade.com for a great retirement plan with low cost investments. ♪ for a great retirement plan with low cost investments. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we
john boehner liked it so much that he is ready to do it all over again. >>> plus, george w. bush finally comes out to support romney. but wait until you hear how he did it. >>> president obama swings by the view for a little pop culture quiz. >> what is the controversial sex book that is on millions of women's bedside tables. >> he doesn't know. >> i don't know that. >> good. >> okay, next. >> i'll ask michelle when i get home. >>...
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boehner used to lobby for the medical device industry. he's now boehner's policy chief. it's called reverse revolving door. yesterday the house voted to repeal the medical device tax that helps pay for the health care law. it won't get through the senate, thankfully. speaker boehner has no problem with the influence of lobbyists. back when he was the fourth ranking republican, he admitted handing out tobacco lobby checks to house members while they were debating tobacco subsidies. >> one asked me to give out half a dozen checks before we got to the end of month. i complied. i did it on the house floor that i should not have done. it's not a violation of the house rules. >>on a totally unrelated note, the triple crown is proving highly elusive from the other. i'll have another has withdrawn after a tendon injury. the racehorse won the kentucky derby and the preakness. >>> tonight, i asked you whose job remarks was worse? 94% say mitt romney 6% say president obama. >>> coming up, chris rock speaks out everything from mitt romn romney's religion. [ male announcer ] the insp
boehner used to lobby for the medical device industry. he's now boehner's policy chief. it's called reverse revolving door. yesterday the house voted to repeal the medical device tax that helps pay for the health care law. it won't get through the senate, thankfully. speaker boehner has no problem with the influence of lobbyists. back when he was the fourth ranking republican, he admitted handing out tobacco lobby checks to house members while they were debating tobacco subsidies. >> one...
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. >> and with that, speaker boehner walked out. he didn't want to answer any more questions about romney's tax returns. the issue ask getting more and more curious by the day. today more bad news for the romney campaign. this afternoon the "huffington post" wrote there are now questions about the tax returns for 2011. the only year romney has made public. the post says quote, mitt romney has not released his full tax records from 2010 including key documentation connected to his swiss bank account. people who own foreign bank accounts are required to file a separate document with the irs. romney has not released that form to the public. end of quote. now, this documentation could shed light on the mysterious $3 million swiss bank account that mr. romney shut down after 2010. we do know from what he has released that the bank account was housed in the swiss town of alton right in the center of the country. the account was kept here in a bank called swiss prime site. but that's about all we know about it. and romney seems determined
. >> and with that, speaker boehner walked out. he didn't want to answer any more questions about romney's tax returns. the issue ask getting more and more curious by the day. today more bad news for the romney campaign. this afternoon the "huffington post" wrote there are now questions about the tax returns for 2011. the only year romney has made public. the post says quote, mitt romney has not released his full tax records from 2010 including key documentation connected to his...
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looks like speaker boehner has seen the polls. he should be fighting for the middle class just as president obama has been doing for months now. >> do we want to keep these tax cuts for wealthiest americans or keep investing in everything else? education, clean energy, a strong military. >> some people go around and say, well, the president is engaging in class warfare. that's not class warfare. that's common sense. that's common sense. >> today the president released his budget for 2013. it's a plan that creates jobs by investing in schools and infrastructure. to pay for it the president would let the bush tax cuts expire for wealthy americans. he'd cut tax breaks for oil, gas and coal companies and impose a big tax on big banks to recoup costs from the bailout. this is fair. this is common sense. but the gop must not have seen the polling on this one. >> today president obama released a budget that isn't really a budget at all. it's a campaign document. so this is a charade. a charade. >> a charade? good luck with that argument.
looks like speaker boehner has seen the polls. he should be fighting for the middle class just as president obama has been doing for months now. >> do we want to keep these tax cuts for wealthiest americans or keep investing in everything else? education, clean energy, a strong military. >> some people go around and say, well, the president is engaging in class warfare. that's not class warfare. that's common sense. that's common sense. >> today the president released his...
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. >> well, i want to ask you -- >> is he going to call speaker are boehner and majority leader cantor and encourage republicans to ensure that the student ln rate doesn't go up? we haven't seen that type of leadership from him. >> gop lobbyists tells the ap that this kind of budget is not sustainable. what does this tell you about how serious he's going to be about cuts? what is the obama campaign going to do to make it that connection? to make people understand that if the republicans get the power and they're all about power, that this is what's coming. >> the fact is that romney's budget math never added up in the first place. he's got these $5 trillion tax cuts. i said he isn't going to increase the deficit, but he hasn't said how he's going to pay for them. he increases defense spending beyond what the department of defense has asked for. he said he will preserve medicare in this process. none of these things add up. the budget math doesn't add up. the truth is this hasn't gotten a lot of scrutiny. it looks like governor romney and the republicans got fawning coverage during the
. >> well, i want to ask you -- >> is he going to call speaker are boehner and majority leader cantor and encourage republicans to ensure that the student ln rate doesn't go up? we haven't seen that type of leadership from him. >> gop lobbyists tells the ap that this kind of budget is not sustainable. what does this tell you about how serious he's going to be about cuts? what is the obama campaign going to do to make it that connection? to make people understand that if the...
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again, the way our system works, a party can say, you know, as john boehner likes to say, they don't control all of congress, all of washington when voters are angry about it. they have a little bit of deniability as they slow things down and stop things. >> i get in trouble with my friends because i have made similar arguments about the, at least the idea of, the tea party. from someone from a civil rights background and generation and family, it's pretty hard for me to be angry about a group that loses an election and therefore takes to the streets instead. that's a pretty harolded part of the american system, but i wonder with this data in the new york times report, looks to me maybe the tea party isn't actually these kind of grassroots activists, these new voices. is there something this data tells us that might make me more concerned that the tea party is a different group than it has at one point presented itself to be? >> it was always a group of conservatives and conservative-lining independents who usually vote republican but who aren't happy with republicans over the last y
again, the way our system works, a party can say, you know, as john boehner likes to say, they don't control all of congress, all of washington when voters are angry about it. they have a little bit of deniability as they slow things down and stop things. >> i get in trouble with my friends because i have made similar arguments about the, at least the idea of, the tea party. from someone from a civil rights background and generation and family, it's pretty hard for me to be angry about a...
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but you came i think very, very close to what was described as the grand bargain agreement between boehner, between the president that would have done exactly that. >> well, you're an honest man. i don't see how you do it without dealing with the rich and the taxes. this weekend the new york times report that changing the strategy to win over voters. the quote was the moves reflects a campaign infused with a sharper edge and overtones of class and race. mr. romney's chances hinge to a large degree on running up his advantage among white voters in swing states who show deep strains of opposition to mr. obama but do not trust mr. romney to look out for their interests. do you believe that's true? >> living in a certain precinct in north carolina. so when you look at the electorate right now and you look at the white vote at its total, mitt romney is roughly where john mccain was four years ago when we lost that race by six, seven points. working white male voter in southern ohio, different than a suburban white mom outside of philadelphia. so, you know, mitt romney's going to have to make an
but you came i think very, very close to what was described as the grand bargain agreement between boehner, between the president that would have done exactly that. >> well, you're an honest man. i don't see how you do it without dealing with the rich and the taxes. this weekend the new york times report that changing the strategy to win over voters. the quote was the moves reflects a campaign infused with a sharper edge and overtones of class and race. mr. romney's chances hinge to a...
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coming up, speaker boehner cries a river over mitt romney and those tax returns. >> the american people are asking where are the jobs. they are not asking where the hell the tax returns are. the medicare debate continues in washington... ...more talk on social security... ...but washington isn't talking to the american people. [ female announcer ] when it comes to the future of medicare and social security, you've earned the right to know. ♪ ...so what does it mean for you and your family? [ female announcer ] you've earned the facts. ♪ washington may not like straight talk, but i do. [ female announcer ] and you've earned a say. get the facts and make your voice heard on medicare and social security at earnedasay.org. throughout our entire lives. ♪ one a day women's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for women's health concerns as we age. ♪ it has more of seven antioxidants to support cell health. that's one a day women's 50+ healthy advantage. >>> mitt romney and his cohorts in congress want the bush tax cuts extended for everyone. not just those earning under $250,000 a
coming up, speaker boehner cries a river over mitt romney and those tax returns. >> the american people are asking where are the jobs. they are not asking where the hell the tax returns are. the medicare debate continues in washington... ...more talk on social security... ...but washington isn't talking to the american people. [ female announcer ] when it comes to the future of medicare and social security, you've earned the right to know. ♪ ...so what does it mean for you and your...
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boehner is the leader republican in the house, he chose the path of saying our party's not going to support any of this. it puts the pressure on anybody on the other side who wants to think of ideas. republicans had great ideas. we had bipartisan meetings. i liked some of their ideas. >> but not all of new jersey pascrell. the law instructed states to set up health care. it's where you go to comparison shop to get pricing information, see the features of the plans what they cover, what they don't cover. it's also where regulators can protect you. they can kick out plans to misbehave. or that make -- they can make them be transparent about traps or coverage holes. now, states don't have to have these exchanges ready until 2014. but the department of health and human services has doled out hundreds of millions of dollars to help set them up. that's millions of dollars directly to state governments. including the garden state. new jersey got about $9 million in grants for its health care exchange. which governor christie just vetoed. what happens to the $9 million in federal money? no one quit
boehner is the leader republican in the house, he chose the path of saying our party's not going to support any of this. it puts the pressure on anybody on the other side who wants to think of ideas. republicans had great ideas. we had bipartisan meetings. i liked some of their ideas. >> but not all of new jersey pascrell. the law instructed states to set up health care. it's where you go to comparison shop to get pricing information, see the features of the plans what they cover, what...
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today she walked up and hand delivered her resignation to speaker boehner. and all the partisan spears were put aside. however, as soon as that was done, virginia fox, republican of north carolina took to the floor to say the president was wrong about the keystone pipeline. they are back to where they always are debating the issues of the day. to their credit, both parties went out of their way to honest giffords throughout the year and shun references. the references have dissipated after that incident. >> it was a good reminder that everyone can get along and that national unity is possible, it's unfortunate that those circumstance s engender that response. let's talk about the spear throwing a little, shall we. obama was talking about the where had of fairness. does this message sell with the american public? >> i think the president gave, from a rhetorical perspective, it was well delivered. i'll give credit to the people that put it together. i'm sure it did well with tests with the american people. but the reality is the underlying premise is cracked i
today she walked up and hand delivered her resignation to speaker boehner. and all the partisan spears were put aside. however, as soon as that was done, virginia fox, republican of north carolina took to the floor to say the president was wrong about the keystone pipeline. they are back to where they always are debating the issues of the day. to their credit, both parties went out of their way to honest giffords throughout the year and shun references. the references have dissipated after that...
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michigan mccontinental has to get mark co-rubio in the office and john boehner and say look guys, i'm running for election in two years. i want marco rubio here to find us a way out of this on policy. find us a version of the dream act that we can live with, that the president can sign. it doesn't havetor a majority vote of republicans. we can vote with democrats in the senate on this and boehner can let house republicans slide over and let it get through his chamber and pretend to oppose it and all that so that they get this issue out of their way. mark, when you listen to that math that michael steel mentioned, i don't see how the republican party can pretend to have a chance nationally four years from now. >> it can't. with these kind of numbers. and i think actually one of the good results of republicans losing is they're going to have to examine the reality here. and they're going to have to cut a deal on immigration. they need to because it's the right thing to do, but it's also politically will help. and i think it's going to take more than just rolling out somebody with a hisp
michigan mccontinental has to get mark co-rubio in the office and john boehner and say look guys, i'm running for election in two years. i want marco rubio here to find us a way out of this on policy. find us a version of the dream act that we can live with, that the president can sign. it doesn't havetor a majority vote of republicans. we can vote with democrats in the senate on this and boehner can let house republicans slide over and let it get through his chamber and pretend to oppose it...
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john boehner there. mitt romney was there, all of them with their wives and went in to kay's burgers for a moment and in an image and moment that i think people view as a metaphor for their criticisms, mitt romney as a potential president and john boehner walked in, romney said, so, are we going to order here? boehner said i'll take care of the ordering. romney said, if i take care of the check? boehner said, i'll take care of the check, too. i think those would say this guy is walking right in and would be an automatic pen for the republicans and this for them was a metaphor of that. >> all right. peter alexander, thank you very much. let's bring in adviser carrie heeley. it's good to see you. good morning. >> thank you. >> let's tack about the specificity issue which is yesterday in one of the rare sunday interviews he did, he wouldn't get specific on immigration, on what kind of loopholes he was going to close in order to avoid raising taxes, and frankly, he hasn't talked a lot about his record as gov
john boehner there. mitt romney was there, all of them with their wives and went in to kay's burgers for a moment and in an image and moment that i think people view as a metaphor for their criticisms, mitt romney as a potential president and john boehner walked in, romney said, so, are we going to order here? boehner said i'll take care of the ordering. romney said, if i take care of the check? boehner said, i'll take care of the check, too. i think those would say this guy is walking right in...
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house speaker john boehner saying he should be tossed out. ben labeouf is the spokesperson for the obama campaign. their response next. not in my! this new flavor lock pack from maxwell house helps seal in freshness. wow! that is fresh! am i still yelling? [ male announcer ] maxwell house flavor lock. always good to the last drop. ar ntlr gh rg [ nn ]errequ gh sf owgrl. rg >>> all of a sudden, really within seconds, the wind picks up. even 20 miles an hour. they are gusting to 84 miles an hour in this wind tunnel. >> easy, and it's a stinging rain. >> yeah, i want to thank mother nature for this free daeerma abrasion here. >> that's the "today" show's al roker and jim cantore. >>> this storm's damage is far from over. it's forced a massive national rescue to take place. a national guard rescue in plaquemines parish. this is a live look in st. bernard of another rescue that's taking place there. just look at the water that's amassed there on the street level. damage is visible all over and around the gulf. nearly 500,000 customers are currentl
house speaker john boehner saying he should be tossed out. ben labeouf is the spokesperson for the obama campaign. their response next. not in my! this new flavor lock pack from maxwell house helps seal in freshness. wow! that is fresh! am i still yelling? [ male announcer ] maxwell house flavor lock. always good to the last drop. ar ntlr gh rg [ nn ]errequ gh sf owgrl. rg >>> all of a sudden, really within seconds, the wind picks up. even 20 miles an hour. they are gusting to 84 miles...
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. >> let's listen to what speaker of the house john boehner, who of course is from ohio, he gave his prediction on fox news this morning. >> forget everything i said about the obama ground game. the romney ground game is bigger and more enthusiastic than anything i have seen. polls don't decide elections. voters do. >> just to be clear, you're guaranteeing a victory? >> no question in my mind. >> for mitt romney in ohio? >> no question in my mind. >> the speaker seems to be saying two things, the romney campaign is more sophisticated than the obama campaign and then also says we have enthusiasm on our side. i think it's probably one or the other but in terms of the enthusiasm question, what do you make of it? is it really momentum or is fauxmemtum? >> i don't think it's momentum. unfortunately, the secretary of state is on their side who happens to be a very partisan individual and that could be a problem. because we're very, very anxious about an honest vote count and honest voting process at the ohio secretary of state and florida governor have done everything they can to discourag
. >> let's listen to what speaker of the house john boehner, who of course is from ohio, he gave his prediction on fox news this morning. >> forget everything i said about the obama ground game. the romney ground game is bigger and more enthusiastic than anything i have seen. polls don't decide elections. voters do. >> just to be clear, you're guaranteeing a victory? >> no question in my mind. >> for mitt romney in ohio? >> no question in my mind. >>...
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that will have to be worked out by boehner and reid and president obama. oos interesting caveat here, saying eric cantor would own whatever deal came out of the bipartisan politics, saying he would be the guy to have to bring home the tax increase. now that burden is on him. there's a lot of anger last time around when they had a budget deal that a lot of folks on the right did not cut deep enough. he'll have to negotiate another deal which not everyone in the conference will be happy with which will be a little stress on his speakership, willie. >> saying tax increases are a complete nonstarter. we'll see if the president can change their mind. luke russert, great to see you. >>> president obama asks members for campaign support last night in new york, a state on the brink of voting on same-sex marriage. the president called for equal rights for the lesbian gay, by sexual and trans gender americans but did not specifically endorse marriage equality. that gave frustrated cried from the audience. >> we'll keep fighting until the law no longer -- >> marriage
that will have to be worked out by boehner and reid and president obama. oos interesting caveat here, saying eric cantor would own whatever deal came out of the bipartisan politics, saying he would be the guy to have to bring home the tax increase. now that burden is on him. there's a lot of anger last time around when they had a budget deal that a lot of folks on the right did not cut deep enough. he'll have to negotiate another deal which not everyone in the conference will be happy with...
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ninth, 2011 was john boehner's first year as speaker of the house. he threatened a government shutdown over allowing the u.s. government to pay its bills, opposed a tax cut for 160 million families and payroll tax relief. hey, could he end up as the shortest serving republican speaker since bob livingston's pick a dillos led him to resign. finally, 2011 saw the last harry potter movie released. i don't know how she did it, but j.k. rolliwling inspired my 7-year-old son to read thousands of pages and watch every one of these movies. no wonder j.k. rowling is a billionaire. personally, i would have liked to see an inside the beltway harry potter version, maybe eric cantor as the evil lord voldmort. and as we, the american people, somehow cast as the prepubescent
ninth, 2011 was john boehner's first year as speaker of the house. he threatened a government shutdown over allowing the u.s. government to pay its bills, opposed a tax cut for 160 million families and payroll tax relief. hey, could he end up as the shortest serving republican speaker since bob livingston's pick a dillos led him to resign. finally, 2011 saw the last harry potter movie released. i don't know how she did it, but j.k. rolliwling inspired my 7-year-old son to read thousands of...
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speaker boehner and house republican leadership could be walking into the hornet's nest today meeting with their conference to sell a clean ten-month extension of the payroll tax cut. they could get major backlash from tea party and rank-in-file conservative members. a ranking member of the housing budget committee is joining me this morning. congressman, i want to get your reaction to how surprised you are that after all these months of fighting over the pay-ifs that the republican leadership is ready to abandon their clean extension. are you worried about the future of unemployment benefits? >> well, as the president said, we have to get the unemployment insurance done and we also have to make sure we deal with what you call the doc-fix to make sure that seniors on medicare continue to have access to their doctors. if you don't pay the doctors, obviously you don't have medicare. so we have to get the pieces done, but it is good news that the republican leadership in the house has realized that what had been a double standard was unsustainable. they had taken the position when it com
speaker boehner and house republican leadership could be walking into the hornet's nest today meeting with their conference to sell a clean ten-month extension of the payroll tax cut. they could get major backlash from tea party and rank-in-file conservative members. a ranking member of the housing budget committee is joining me this morning. congressman, i want to get your reaction to how surprised you are that after all these months of fighting over the pay-ifs that the republican leadership...